First off Id like to say "thanks" to Chris and Lance for everything and the excitement they share for this bike, It's for a good reason! This bike RAILS!
OK I obviousley don't have alot of time on this frame but what is apparent from the initial slinging the leg over and riding is this thing is B@DA$$! It corners like its on rails (folded knobs on tires today by accident) and pedals out like a cat on crack! Its gone and you can feel the nimbleness of it, I have said before you need to get used to the cornering of the F1 and Im pretty outright honest about stuff good or bad, This thing comes out of a corner berm with aggression and easy to pedal. It pops when you crank down on the pedals right away and actually holds its pedaling really well which is something the f1 suffers from as well. The F1 is a awesome machine that I love and will keep for my freeriding and hucking but the Jedi F1 is my new race rig.
It lands as good as the original and the issues of pedaling and cornering have been corrected. Its the perfect bike IMO.
Weight from 3 scales puts it at under 37lbs ranging from 36.8/36.5 to the calibrated digital scale 36.9 (didnt get a pic, grocery lady got all excited I had a bike sitting on the calibrated scale. OOPS!) Its the scale in the other thread with the frame weight (with all the halls and stuff around it )
Roco WC Air: First thought were it was rigid and differnet feeling, then Ronnie at marz let some air out and helped me dial it in and it's super plush as well as feels almost like a coil even on drops. Ronnies feels identical to a coil, but then again his is broken in.
I did the stadium drop todaqy and bottomed so I upped the comp and a few clicks took care of that, If Im at a pedally course I will pump a few more pounds in the main chamber but almost everything else is 150 lbs in main 200 in res and its butter. Not too mentio Ronnie went over it inside and out before I left and helped dial it perfeclty within a few minutes.
Anywase I can still drop a couple of pounds and add a couple pending course. Obviousley I will run DH asings at gnar resorts but will ride my single plys like I almost always do.
Heres the final build:
Large Canfield Jedi
Marzocchi 888 WC (boxxer WC would drop almost 2 lbs)
King ti headset
Answer pro taper bars
Sunline 888 direct mount stem
formula bianco brakes
X9 shifter
X0 der
Middleburn cranks
Twenty6 pedals
E-13 36th ring
E-13 LG-1 white guide and guard
Marzocchi roco WC air shock (avy DHS with ti spring as back up)
I9 wheelset with 6.1's (drop 200g by going 5.1's)
Single ply kenda nevegals (add 760g 1.7lbs for DH casings)
XTR cassette
Hopey damper
Full side shot:
Drivetrain:
Weight:
OK I obviousley don't have alot of time on this frame but what is apparent from the initial slinging the leg over and riding is this thing is B@DA$$! It corners like its on rails (folded knobs on tires today by accident) and pedals out like a cat on crack! Its gone and you can feel the nimbleness of it, I have said before you need to get used to the cornering of the F1 and Im pretty outright honest about stuff good or bad, This thing comes out of a corner berm with aggression and easy to pedal. It pops when you crank down on the pedals right away and actually holds its pedaling really well which is something the f1 suffers from as well. The F1 is a awesome machine that I love and will keep for my freeriding and hucking but the Jedi F1 is my new race rig.
It lands as good as the original and the issues of pedaling and cornering have been corrected. Its the perfect bike IMO.
Weight from 3 scales puts it at under 37lbs ranging from 36.8/36.5 to the calibrated digital scale 36.9 (didnt get a pic, grocery lady got all excited I had a bike sitting on the calibrated scale. OOPS!) Its the scale in the other thread with the frame weight (with all the halls and stuff around it )
Roco WC Air: First thought were it was rigid and differnet feeling, then Ronnie at marz let some air out and helped me dial it in and it's super plush as well as feels almost like a coil even on drops. Ronnies feels identical to a coil, but then again his is broken in.
I did the stadium drop todaqy and bottomed so I upped the comp and a few clicks took care of that, If Im at a pedally course I will pump a few more pounds in the main chamber but almost everything else is 150 lbs in main 200 in res and its butter. Not too mentio Ronnie went over it inside and out before I left and helped dial it perfeclty within a few minutes.
Anywase I can still drop a couple of pounds and add a couple pending course. Obviousley I will run DH asings at gnar resorts but will ride my single plys like I almost always do.
Heres the final build:
Large Canfield Jedi
Marzocchi 888 WC (boxxer WC would drop almost 2 lbs)
King ti headset
Answer pro taper bars
Sunline 888 direct mount stem
formula bianco brakes
X9 shifter
X0 der
Middleburn cranks
Twenty6 pedals
E-13 36th ring
E-13 LG-1 white guide and guard
Marzocchi roco WC air shock (avy DHS with ti spring as back up)
I9 wheelset with 6.1's (drop 200g by going 5.1's)
Single ply kenda nevegals (add 760g 1.7lbs for DH casings)
XTR cassette
Hopey damper
Full side shot:
Drivetrain:
Weight:
, I'll never make that mistake again.
